Diamond
WordNet
noun
(1) The baseball playing field
(2) The area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
(3) A playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it
"He led a small diamond"
"Diamonds were trumps"
(4) A transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
(5) Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
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Etymology
From , from , from , from , from + .
Noun
- A glimmering glass-like mineral that is an allotrope of carbon in which each atom is surrounded by four others in the form of a tetrahedron.
- The saw is coated with diamond.
- A gemstone made from this mineral.
- The dozen loose diamonds sparkled in the light.
- A ring containing a diamond.
- What a beautiful engagement diamond.
- A very pale blue color/colour.
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- Something that resembles a diamond.
- A rhombus, especially when oriented so that its longer axis is vertical.
- The polyiamond made up of two triangles.
- The entire field of play used in the game.
- The infield of a baseball field.
- The teams met on the diamond.
- A card of the diamonds suit.
- I have only one diamond in my hand.
- (plural: diamonds) One of the four suits of playing cards.
- I have the eight of diamonds in my hand.
Synonyms
- (gemstone): sparkler (informal)
- (ring): diamond ring
- (something that resembles a diamond): adamant
- (geometry: rhombus): lozenge, rhomb, rhombus
- (geometry: polyiamond): 2-iamond
- (baseball: entire baseball field): ball field, baseball field
- (baseball: infield of a baseball field): baseball diamond, infield
Adjective
- made of, or containing diamond, a diamond or diamonds.
- He gave her diamond earrings.
- of, relating to, or being a sixtieth anniversary.
- Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.
- of, relating to, or being a seventy-fifth anniversary.
- Today is their diamond wedding anniversary.